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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Well, he was lucky to win it in the first place! :D

    Every winner has a degree of luck. Cav's MSR win was spectacular. A truly superb sprint to win on the line by centimetres.

    An amazing sprint! :shock:
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    RichN95 wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Have you been talking to Barbie? :wink:

    Who? Is this some nickname I don't know?
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    Ahhhhhh.... right!
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Cav can still win it, he just needs to arrive in super shape (he certainly looks lean) and for the race to go a certain way. Let's not forget that 2012 was unusual, it does normally finish in some sort of sprint.

    So what went wrong in 2010 and 2011?

    I seem to remember that in both year Cavendish missed splits in the bunch quite early on, the make up of the top 10s in those years suggests that had he not missed those splits he'd have had a fair chance of winning.
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Well, he was lucky to win it in the first place! :D

    Every winner has a degree of luck. Cav's MSR win was spectacular. A truly superb sprint to win on the line by centimetres.

    An amazing sprint! :shock:

    (I was only joking...)
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Well, he was lucky to win it in the first place! :D

    Every winner has a degree of luck. Cav's MSR win was spectacular. A truly superb sprint to win on the line by centimetres.

    An amazing sprint! :shock:

    (I was only joking...)

    Sorry - I missed that entirely :cry:
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Well, he was lucky to win it in the first place! :D

    Every winner has a degree of luck. Cav's MSR win was spectacular. A truly superb sprint to win on the line by centimetres.

    An amazing sprint! :shock:

    (I was only joking...)


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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    WHAT?? CANT HEAR YOU :wink:

    Your a pensioner?

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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    I've got a touch of what Fuentes' assistant has, and I'm going a bit yonderley.

    I'm 76 you know.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    WHAT?? CANT HEAR YOU :wink:

    Your a pensioner?

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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    They just have to ride half the effort they've done the last years up Poggio and Cav will be thrown backwards. Thankfully we got the likes of Nibali, Fabian and Peter Zlatan with fantastic descending skills to do major damage on Poggio and ensure that we won't get a mass sprint in such a legendary race.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    ThomThom wrote:
    They just have to ride half the effort they've done the last years up Poggio and Cav will be thrown backwards. Thankfully we got the likes of Nibali, Fabian and Peter Zlatan with fantastic descending skills to do major damage on Poggio and ensure that we won't get a mass sprint in such a legendary race.

    Can't have a top race ending in a sprint now can we?
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Not in my opinion. Usually the result of a dull race.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    ThomThom wrote:
    Not in my opinion. Usually the result of a dull race.

    I would argue that the last 10 years have produced a host of exciting MSR finishes. Freire picking Zabel's pocket, Bettini haring it down the Poggio, Pozatto, Cav on the line, Canc's win.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    How was Canc's win a mass sprint?

    This race has been overwhelmingly good in the last years for a 'sprinters classic'. And that's based on the 2008, 11 and 12 versions. I hope especially the last two years are a hint of what we could expect from this race in the following years.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Well, if rumours are true they're changing the finish next year to make it less sprinter-friendly

    Another reason why I think Cav's bluffing - this year could be his last chance for a 2nd win for a while
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    ThomThom wrote:
    How was Canc's win a mass sprint?
    This race has been overwhelmingly good in the last years for a 'sprinters classic'. And that's based on the 2008, 11 and 12 versions. I hope especially the last two years are a hint of what we could expect from this race in the following years.

    I didn't say it was. I said it was a good finish,
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Don't get that.. As a reaction to my post about mass sprints usually are the result of a dull race?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,425
    MSR has been outstanding the past 5 years.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    edited February 2013
    Live now http://www.en.aljazeerasport.tv/Live/channel/global

    3 men up-road by 4:20 but tumbling fast. Last 25k
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    ThomThom wrote:
    Don't get that.. As a reaction to my post about mass sprints usually are the result of a dull race?

    You said MSR was too good a race to end in a bucnh sprint. I replied that it produces excellent finishes, some are sprints, some are not.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • Dancing Bear
    Dancing Bear Posts: 185
    18km to go and the gaps are below 3 minutes, - this wont stay away, although it is nothing like as windy here today
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  • Dancing Bear
    Dancing Bear Posts: 185
    its tumbling - 15-20 seconds drop in the last km - the run in to Al khor is quick
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Where are the giant wind machines they promised when they won the world champs bid?
  • Dancing Bear
    Dancing Bear Posts: 185
    edited February 2013
    1:50 the gap - the guys must have sat up ! - ah, this thing with the spike is the 'Fish roundabout' - have always failed to see where the fish connection is made. - This must the the same run in as the womens - so a few roundabouts and an arcing road for the final sprint
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,433
    Come on Sports live! Ddraver needs the english link!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    I think one of the Al Jazeera guys is Carlton Kirby.
  • Dancing Bear
    Dancing Bear Posts: 185
    expected a tailwind from here into Al khor now, but it looks to be across them from the left. - there is a right turn coming up - then it will be right behind them
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  • nevman
    nevman Posts: 1,611
    Sky look animated now.Anyone got English commentary?
    Whats the solution? Just pedal faster you baby.

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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    so chaps, are we going for another Cav-tastic display?

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